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(43) Date of publication: 18.09.2024 Bulletin 2024/38 (21) Application number: 22835989.9 (22) Date of filing: 02.11.2022

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  C12N 1/16(2006.01) C12G 1/022(2006.01) C12G 3/023(2019.01) C12C 11/00(2006.01) C12G 3/02(2019.01) (52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC): C12G 3/023; C12G 3/02; C12G 1/0203; C12C 11/00; C12N 1/16 (86) International application number: PCT/US2022/079159 (87) International publication number: WO 2023/086745 (19.05.2023 Gazette 2023/20)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 12.11.2021 US 202163278908 P (71) Applicant: BL Technologies, Inc. Minnetonka MN 55343 (US)	(72) Inventor: RAAB, Michael Minnetonka, Minnesota 55343 (US) (74) Representative: ATIP  Armstrong Teasdale Limited 38-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3PE London WC2A 3PE (GB)